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J. N. WIGGIN, G. A. COLLORD 82: J. E. RATHBUN. MECHANISM FOR HANDLING AND CONVEYING PRINTED SHADE. VFABRIGS, 8w.

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JOSEPH N. IVIGGILLOF ORANGE, NEIV JERSEY, CHARLES A. OOLLORD, OF NEIV YORK, AND JOHN E. RATHBUN, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNORS TO SAID WIGGIN.

MECHANISM FOR HANDLING AND CONVEYlNG PRINTED SHADE FABRICS, 8L0.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,419, dated. June 2, 1891.

Application filed September 8, 1890. Serial No. 364.272. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern: 1

-- Be it known thatwe, JOSEPH N. \VIGGIN,

of Orange, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, CHARLES A. OoLLoRD, of the 5 city, county, and State of New York, and J OHN &c., of whichthe following is a specification' Our present invention is designed as an adjunct to the devices set forth in the application for patent of J. N.Wiggin and O. A. Collord r 5' for an improvement in printing shade fabrics, Serial No. 339,248, filed February 5, 1890, and allowed May 27,1890, and in the application of J. N. WViggin and J. E. Rathbun for an improvement in machinery for handling printed shade fabrics, &c., filed July 5, 1890, Serial No. 357,731. The first of these applications relates to a machine for printing upon shade fabrics and for delivering the same in a looped .form upon a stick. The latter of these applications relates to devices for receiving and feeding sticks to the arms that hold the samewhile the loop of printed shade fabricis placed thereon. 1

Our present improvements consist of de-- 0 vices for receiving the sticks and loops of printed shade fabric thereon, one at a time,

5 shade fabric and transport them away to a drying-room upon the same floor, or to a vertiGally-moving conveyer to which they are transferred and taken up to a higher flo%r, Where they are retransferred to ahorizontally- 4o movingconveyer. This latter conveyer takes the sticks and loops of printed shade fabric either to a place for drying or to a flocking or bronzing machine where a finished surface is imparted to the design imprinted upon the shade fabric. 7

Our improvements also relate to the devices, hereinafter more fully set forth, by which we transfer the sticks and printed shade fabric from the horizontal tothe vertical conveyer, and therefrom to another horizontal conveyer.

These various devices are operated automatically by competent power mechanism, the first horizontal conveyer being preferably 0perated from one end by and in unison with the printing-machine, herein referred to, and 5 5 from the other end in unison with the vertical and second horizontal conveyer by a separate power mechanism.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is-a front elevation of our device for delivering the sticks and loops of printed shade fabric, and Fig.

2 is a vertical cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the end of one arm. Fig. 4 is a front elevation, Fig. 5 a

side elevation, and Fig. 6 a partial central elevation, of our devices for transferring the sticks and loops of printed shade fabric from the horizontal to the vertical conveyer. Fig. 7 is a front elevation, and Fig. 8 a side elevation, of our devices for transferring the sticks and loops of printed shade fabric from the vertical conveyer to the second horizontal conveyer, together with the devices for operating the same; and Fig. 9 is an elevation, partially in section, of devices for delivering the sticks and fold of shade fabric from the horizontal conveyers.

We have shown and prefer to employ two duplicate sets of horizontal conveyors, one above the other, and similar mechanism for Operating each set and for handling the sticks and loops of printed shade fabric.

A represents the floor, and B the ceiling or other overhead support.

0 O represent vertical standards carrying the mechanism and secured to the floor and ceiling.

In Figs. 1 and 2, a and a are the endless horizontal conveyer-s, which are preferably chains, the upper members of which slide 0 upon supporting-bars b 1), running the length of the conveyers and supported at intervals. At one end the conveyors a a run around sprocket-wheels c c, and the various parts at each side of the machine are duplicated to 9 act upon the respective ends of the sticks carrying the shade fabric; but said parts are operated simultaneously and in unison. The parts are shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 as in two tiers or stories, the purpose being IOO to operate them alternately, and thus increase their working capacity.

a c are sprocket-wheels, around which one end of the conveyers a a pass. The sprocketwheels are on short shafts in bearings d d, secured to the standards, and on the other ends of said shafts are fastened toothed wheels e e. The cross-shafts f f are in bearings g g, secured to the standards, and there are toothed wheels h h, with connected ratchets 2 3, which are loose on these shafts, and pawls 4 5, connected to these shaft-s, operate the ratehets. The shafts ff also have connected to them arms Z Z, and on one end of the shaft f is a slotted arm on. A rod 2' is reeiprocated by suitable mechanism connected to and operated by the printing-machine herein alluded to, and said rod operates the rocker-shaft (3, crank-arms k 7c, and vertical rod 2', and by said rod z" operates the crank-arms Z Z, connected therewith, and the shafts f f. The swinging arms 19 p are mounted on the shafts n f, and movement is given to shaft f by the rod t" and arm I, and the shaft n by the slotted arm m, rod m, and arm n, and the shaft or is in bearings on the floor-brackets 0. The upper ends of the pivoted arms 19 p are notched to receive the ends of the sticks, and they are provided with stops 1 to limit the movement in both directions of the bent arms 0' r, pivoted to the arms 19 1), and stops '7 8 are provided upon the standards to engage the lower ends of the arms 0' r and move them as the arms 1) 1) move forward, so as to push the respective ends of the sticks out of the notches of said arms and deliver the sticks upon the endless conveyers. The oscillatory movement imparted to the shafts f f by the rod 7) and arms I Z gives a forward step-by-step movement to the toothed or gear wheels hh' and their ratchets 2 3 by the pawls 4'. 5 to progressivel y revolve the toothed wheels 6 e and sprocket wheels 0 c and move along the endless conveyers (L a. Either set of pawls 4c 5 may be thrown back and disengaged from their ratchets, in which case the wheels and endless conveyer will not be operated. The oscillatory movement imparted to the shafts ff and by the shaftf and connecting mechanism to the shaft 71' imparts a like movement to the sets of arms 1) PyZLlld the sticks with the loops of printed shade fabric upon them as delivered from the printingmachine are placed one at a time by hand or in any other desired manner into the notched ends of either of the arms 1) to be delivered upon the endless conveyers a or the arms 17 to be delivered upon the conveyors a, according to which conveyer it is desired to load with the loops of printed shade fabric. If desired, the clamping-bolts at the joint between the arm nt and rod on can he loosened to allow the arms 1) to remain at rest while the set of arms p'are being operated. The sticks and loops of printed shade fabric as they reach the opposite end of the conveyers a a are delivered one at a time to a vertically-moving conveyer by the mechanism hereinafter described. This vertically-moving conveyer consists of the chains 8 passing around sprocketwheels 3' .9 upon the shafts t t at its respective ends, and the said conveyer is shown as extending from near the floor of one story to near the ceiling of the story above; but the same may extend farther. Power is communicated to this vertical conveyer s from a belt a and pulley u by toothed or gear wheels v v. The gear 1; is on the shaft t and the gear '1: on a shaft in a sliding bearing, and the same is operated by the pivoted lever w and cords 9 10 to bring the gears to into mesh or to disengage the same, so as to operate or stop the conveyor 8.

. When the sticks or loops of printed shade fabric are being taken off of either of the endless conveyers a a, the feeding mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is not to be in operation, the said eonveyers being at this this time moved along progressively by power from the vertical conveyer s. plished by the slotted crank-arms a: a3 :0 upon the shafts t c and c and the connecting-rods c and c. The crank-arm a: is fixed upon and has a rotary movement with the shaft 25, and it imparts a vibratory movement to the other crank arms and shafts. These crank-armscr 00 are loose on their shafts and carry pawls, which engage the ratchets of the gear-wheels d? (Z which are fastened upon the respective shafts c 0. These gears d d mesh with the sets of gears e 6 upon the short shafts of the sprocket-wheels f f'", which carry the endless conveyers a a at this end. Either endless conveyer can be stopped by turning back the set of pawls connected therewith. The slotted cranks control the extent of movement given to the parts. Upon the drivingshaft t are sets of sprocket wheels g g", around which are endless chains 7&2 h. The chains 1L connect the wheels 9 with sprocketwheels 1' upon the shafts of the conveyersprockets f The chains h connect the wheels g with the sprocket wheels i upon the shafts of the conveyer-sprockets f by means of intermediate chains h and sprockets and their short shaft in bearings upon the standards. shaftt are preferably loose upon said shaft and engaged by clutches when desired. The short shafts of the sprocket-wheels f f carry drank-arms 76, that are secured to and rotate with the sprocket-wheels i i, and arms Z Z with forked upper ends are pivoted to these crank-arms at their upper ends and to the arms 11 12 at their lower ends.

Upon the under side of the slideways b b are secured blocks m m, to whose inner faces are fastened guide-straps 13 14, having working-pins in their ends. Angular plates a 11*, having slots with reverse ends, are located adjacent to and move over the surface of said blocks, the pins of the straps 13 14: being in the slots of said plates, as shown The sprocket-wheels g" upon the.

This is accomin Fig. 6. These plates n n have a forked upper end with a circular depression between the forks and with one fork higher than the other. Arms 0 0 are connected at one end to these plates and at the other ends to the arms ll 12, and the back ends of these arms 11 12 are pivoted to some stationary point. The revolution of the crank-arms 70 gives an up-and-down rotary movement to the arms Z Z an up-and-down movement to the arms 11 12, and an up-and-down sliding movement to the arms 0 0 and plates n a The sticks are on the endless conveyors moved up to stops 16 and on the upward movement of the plates n n the highest projection separates the first two sticks and elevates the first stick from off the conveyer into the depressions therein, and as the arms 1 Z come around they come underneath the stick upon the plates, and the forked upper ends of the arms Z Z engage the stick and lift it and the loop of printed shade fabric upon it off of the plates and carry itforward to the conveyer moving vertically. On this vertical conveyer are hooks at intervals, and the movements of the parts are so timed that a pair of these hooks, moving upwardly, crosses the downward path of the arms Z Z (see Fig. 6, arms Z and engages the stick and loop of printed shade fabric and lifts the same off the arms to convey it to the floor above. I

The mechanism shown in Figs. 7 and 8 on the second floor for receiving the sticks and loops of printed shade fabric from the vertically-moving conveyer and delivering same to a horizontally-moving conveyer to be by it taken away to be dried, or to a bro'nzing or flocking machine, where the ornamental'design is finished, is similar to that used on the first floor for delivering the stick and shade to the vertical conveyer. The revolution of the power-shaft t to operate the verticallymoving endless conveyer s also imparts motion to the slottedcranks 00 $4, 00 and m and arms or connecting-rods 0 0 and 17, and these in turn operate the ratchets and pawls of the toothed or gear wheels (1 d? to rotate the gear-wheels e e, sprocket-wheels f f, and endless conveyers a a progressively. The upper portion of the endless conveyers a a slide upon ways 1) 19 The crank 01: is fast upon the shaft 15'; but the cranks :0 m and 00 are loose upontheir shafts. The gear-wheels 01 d are fastened upon their shafts. The revolution of the power-shaft t operates the sprocket-wheels m m and shaft n by the endless chain a, which is shown as crossed to reverse the direction of rotation. Upon the ends of the shaft n are sprocket-wheels h? and sprocket-wheels and clutches 0 The sprocket-wheels hiconnect with the sprocket wheels 71 by chains h. The sprocket-wheels k and h are on. short shafts in bearings upon the standards 0 C, and chains h connect the sprocket-wheels h with the sprocket-wheels h These sprocket-wheels h are connected with the crankarms 10 and are loose upon the shafts 'of the gear-wheels e of the endless conveyer a The gear-wheels 0 may be engaged by any suitable mechanism with the shaft n by their clutches when the sticks and shades are to be put upon the conveyer a in which case motion is communicated by the sprocketwheels 0 0 o and chains 0 0 to the sprocketwheels 0 which, with the crank-arms k, to which they are connected, are loose upon the shafts of the sprocket-wheels f and gear- Wheels a Arms Z Z are connected pivotally to the crank-arms k k and have their upper ends forked, while their back ends move through slideways 18. As the crank-arms k 70 revolve in the direction of the arrows and at a slightly greater speed than that of the conveyer s, the forked ends of the arms Z Z come up beneath the sticks carried by the hooks 20 of the conveyer s and engage and lift off of said hooks the sticks and loops of shade fabric one at a time and carry them forward, depositing them upon the horizontal endless conveyer a or a to which a progressive movement is given, as herein set forth.

The device shown in Fig. 9 is an attachment to the higher endless conveyer a and consists of inclined bands or chains 21, passing around wheels 22 23, and upon the surface of said bands there are projections or brackets 24. The pulleys 22 are on the shaft 25 of the conveyer and the pulleys 23 on a shaft 26 in bearings secured to a frame D, resting upon the floor B. The sticks 15, with their loops of shade fabric as delivered at the end of the conveyer a are engaged by the brackets 24 of the belts 21 and conveyed down the incline to Where they will be Within reach of the operators or hands, who will take them off one at a time for further disposition.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the sticks and loops of printed shade fabric thereon are first placed in the arms 19 or p, according to Whether the conveyer a or a be operating, and by said arms are delivered to the saidconveyer. The pivoted arms 1" or 7", coming against the stops 7 or 8, act to push the sticks out ofv the ends of said arms upon the conveyors. To prevent this movement being too violent, we provide straps 3O 31, hung upon rods 32 33, secured in brackets 34 35 upon the standards 0 C. These straps are flexible strips of rubber or leather, that bear against the forward edge of the sticks to slightly retard or check their delivery; but said straps draw over the sticks and fall vertical as said sticks reach the desired place on the conveyer.

The conveyors are of any desired length and are moved progressively with their burden ,of sticks and loops of shade fabric, and the same as they reach the opposite end of the conveyer are delivered, as set forth, to a vertically-moving conveyer to be carried by it to a higher floor,where they are again transferred to a horizontally-moving conveyer to be taken to a place to be stored for drying or to pass to a bronzing or flocking machine, where the finishing touches are applied to the ornamental design previously printed upon the shade fabric.

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination, with the endless conveyers, their sprockets, and shafts, of gearwheels upon the shafts of the conveyers and other gear-wheels with connected ratchets meshing therewith, a shaft and pawls for operating the ratchets and crank-arms upon said shaft, and mechanism, substantially as set forth, from a power source for operating the crank-arms to impart a progressive movement to the conveyers, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the endless conveyers, their sprockets, and shafts, of gearwheels upon the shafts of the conveyers and other gear-wheels with connected ratchets meshing therewith, a shaft and pawls for operating the ratchets and crank arms upon said shaft, the crank-arms Z l, the rods 6, the shaft 6, the crank-arms k 7c, and the rodt' from a power source for imparting a progressive movement to the conveyers, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the endless conveyers, their sprockets, and shafts, of gearwheels upon the shafts of the conveyers and other gear-wheels with connected ratchets meshing therewith, a shaft and pawls for operating the ratchets, and crankarms upon said shaft and mechanism, substantially as set forth, from a power source for operating the crank-arms to impart aprogressive movement to the conveyers, the rod m, the crankarm a, the shaft n, and the sets of arms 19 having notches in their upper ends, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the shaft f, the crank-arm Z, and means for imparting an oscillatory movement to said shaft, of the arms 1) upon said shaft, having notched upper and brackets 34, the parts operating substaneither of said endless conveyers can be operated and the other he inoperative, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the horizontallymoving endless conveyers, their sprockets, and shafts, of gear-wheels upon the shafts of the conveyers and other gear-wheels with connected ratchets meshing therewith, a shaft and pawls for operating the ratchets and a crank-arm upon said shaft, a vertically-moving endless conveyer s, having hooks 20, the sprocket-wheels s s for the same, a belt, pulley, and gears for operating the vertical conveyer, and mechanism, substantially as specified, from the vertical to the horizontal conveyer for operating the latter from the former, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with the horizontally and vertically moving endless conveyors, their sprocket-wheels, and a power mechanism for operating the same, of the crank-arms upon the shaft of the horizontal conveyor, the arms Z having forked upper ends, the arms 11, the arms 0 and the sliding plates 12, having forked upper ends, and the chains and sprockets for moving the same, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with the horizontally and vertically moving endless conveyers, their sprocket-wheels, and a power mechanism for operating the same, of the crank-arms k and sprockets connected together and loose on the shafts of the horizontal conveyers, the chains 72, and sprockets 9 the arms Z having forked upper ends, the arms 11, havinga pivot at one end, the arms 0 and the slotted sliding plates 01?, connected therewith and having forked upper ends, the slidcways 13, and stops 16, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination, with the horizontally and vertically moving endless conveyers and their sprocket-wheels and a power mechanism for operating the same, of the crank-arms k and sprockets 2', connected together and loose on the shafts of the endless conveyers, chains h" and h and their connecting-shafts and sprockets, the sprockets g and their clutches, the arms 1 12, and 0 the slotted sliding plates a, connected with the arms 0 and having forked upper ends, the slideways l4, and stops 16, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. The combination, with the verticallymoving endless conveyer 3, having hooks 20, and sprocket-wheels s 3 of the belt a, pulley u, the gear '0 upon a shaft in sliding bearings, the pivoted arm w, the cords 9 10, and the gear-wheel 'u, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination, with the horizontally and vertically moving endless conveyers and their sprocket-wheels and a power mechanism for operating the same, of gear-Wheels upon the shafts of the horizontal conveyers and other gear-wheels with connected ratchets meshing therewith, the slotted crank-arms m or, :0 and as, and the connecting-arms a", 0 and 17, substantially as set forth.

13. The combination, with the horizontally and vertically moving endless conveyers and operating the same by a step-by-step and protheir sprocketfwheels, the hooks 20, and a gressive movement, of the frame D, thezinpower mechanism for operating the same, of clined chains or belts 21, their brackets 24, 15 the endless chains 42, 0, and 0 and their shafts 25 26', and wheels 22 23, substantially 5 sprocket-Wheels and shafts, the crank-arms asset forth.

k arms Z having bent ends pivoted to the Signed by us this 29th day of August, 1890.

crank-arms, and having forked extremities, JOSEPH N. VVIGGIN. and the slideways 18, substantially as set CHAS. A. OOLLORD. forth. a J. E. RATHBUN.

I0 14:. The combination, with the horizontally Witnesses:

and vertically moving endless conveyers, their GEO.- T. PINCKNEY,

sprocket-wheels, and a power mechanism for WILLIAM G. Mo'r'r. 

